Frances Ridley Havergal

Born: December 14, 1836, Astley, Worcestershire, England.

Died: June 3, 1879, Caswall Bay, near Swansea, Wales.

Buried:  Astley, Worcestershire, England, the city of her birth.
On her tombstone was the Scripture verse she claimed as her own:

The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.
1 John 1:7

    Daughter of hymnist, William Havergal, Frances was a bright but short lived candle in English hymnody. She was baptized by hymnist John Cawood. She was reading by age four, and began writing verse at age seven. She learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and memorized the Psalms, the book of Isaiah, and most of the New Testament. Her works include:

Hymns

  1. Another Year is Dawning
  2. Certainly I Will Be with Thee
  3. Church of God, Beloved and Chosen
  4. From Glory unto Glory
  5. God Almighty, King of Nations
  6. God Doth Not Bid Thee Wait
  7. God of Heaven, Hear Our Singing
  8. God Will Take Care of You
  9. God’s Reiterated All
  10. Golden Harps are Sounding
  11. Half has Never Been Told, The
  12. Happy New Year, A
  13. Have You Not a Word for Jesus?
  14. He Hath Spoken in the Darkness
  15. Hear the Father’s Ancient Promise
  16. Holy and Infinite! Viewless, Eternal
  17. Holy Brethren, Called and Chosen
  18. I am Trusting Thee
  19. I Bring My Sins to Thee
  20. I Could Not Do Without Thee
  21. I Gave My Life for Thee
  22. In Full and Glad Surrender
  23. In God’s Great Field of Labor
  24. In the Evening There Is Weeping
  25. Increase Our Faith, Beloved Lord
  26. Is It for Me?
  27. Israel of God, Awaken
  28. Jehovah’s Covenant Shall Ensure
  29. Jesus, Blessed Savior
  30. Jesus, Master, Whose I Am
  31. Jesus, Only! In the Shadow
  32. Joined to Christ by Mystic Union
  33. Just When Thou Wilt, O Master, Call
  34. King Eternal and Immortal
  35. Light After Darkness
  36. Like a River Glorious
  37. Live Out Thy Life Within Me
  38. Lord, Speak to Me
  39. Master, Speak! Thy Servant Heareth
  40. New Mercies, New Blessings
  41. Not Your Own, But His Ye Are
  42. Now Let Us Sing the Angels’ Song
  43. Now the Daylight Goes Away
  44. Now the Sowing and the Weeping
  45. O Glorious God and King
  46. O Savior, Precious Savior
  47. O Thou Chosen Church of Jesus
  48. O What Everlasting Blessings
  49. On Our Way Rejoicing
  50. Only a Mortal’s Power
  51. Our Father, Our Father
  52. Our Savior and Our King
  53. Precious, Precious Blood of Jesus
  54. Sing, O Heavens, the Lord Hath Done It
  55. Sit Down Beneath His Shadow
  56. Sovereign Lord and Gracious Master
  57. Standing at the Portal
  58. Take My Life and Let It Be
  59. Tell It Out
  60. Thou Art Coming, O My Savior
  61. To Thee, O Comforter Divine
  62. Truehearted, Wholehearted, Faithful and Loyal
  63. Through the Yesterday of Ages
  64. What Know We, Holy God, of Thee
  65. What Thou Hast Done for Me
  66. Who Is on the Lord's Side?
  67. With Quivering Heart and Trembling Will
  68. Will Ye Not Come to Him for Life?
  69. Worthy of All Adoration
  70. Ye Who Hear the Blessed Call
  71. Yes, He Knows the Way Is Dreary

Music

  1. Eirene
  2. Epenetus
  3. Hermas